Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, ...

Students in Oklahoma Catholic schools experienced an unforgettable week as they celebrated the election of the first American ...

The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

Many expect the new pontiff to be a bridge-builder in the Vatican, more centrist than liberal or conservative, and a pope who will be guided by the pursuit of social equality and compassion for the po ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV as he was elected the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church.

Students at St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic school witnessed history Thursday with the selection of the first-ever American-born ...

Thousands of people gathered in St Peter's Square to celebrate the news. Pope Robert Francis Prevost, 69, emerged onto the balcony of the Sistine Chapel as he was unveiled as the successor of Pope ...